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This new paper discusses RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) for documenting historical graffiti in Catacombs. Historical graffiti provide unique information on the uses of the catacombs over the centuries. Some of the graffiti of the catacombs of San Giovanni are contemporary with the epoch of the paintings that bear them (late antiquity), while others have been incised by…
Syracuse, Catacombs
Samantha Stout is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of California, San Diego. She is undertaking part of her PhD research in Sicily, and I’m helping out so she may have access to various Sicilian Cultural Heritage sites. I like to volunteer a bit of my time to have scholars come to Sicily and do scientific…
- IR - Infrared | IRF - Infrared Fluorescence | IRFC - Infrared False Color | manuscripts | On-site art examination | paintings | wall paintings | wooden sculptures
Infrared Technical Photography for Art Examination
Just published Infrared Technical Photography for Art Examination. A. Cosentino “Infrared Technical Photography for Art Examination” e-Preservation Science, 13, 1-6, 2016. This paper discusses technical photographic methods based on the extended infrared sensitivity of a digital camera modified with the removal of the in-built hot mirror filter on the CCD or CMOS sensor, which in…
Technical Photography for wall paintings. Nunziatella di Mascali, Sicily
CHSOS collaborated with Catania (Sicily) Archaeological authorities to contribute Technical Photography Diagnostics on the newly discovered XII century wall paintings in Nunziatella di Mascali, Sicily. CHSOS studied them with high resolution Visible, Infrared and Infrared False Color photography. We contributed “Indagine diagnostica multispettrale sugli affreschi” to the just published “La Nunziatella sopra Mascali”. Read our…
Bulgaria, Archaeology Examination
Delivered a 3 days (Nov 2-4, 2019) archaeology examination of several wall paintings in a Thracian burial tumulus at Alexandrovo, Bulgaria. The project is administered by the Balkan Heritage Foundation, along with the Bulgarian Archaeological Institute. The Balkan Heritage Foundation is a Bulgarian public, non-profit, non-governmental organization. Its mission is to support the protection, conservation, management and…
3D laser scanning and Technical Photography for wall paintings
CHSOS provides technical examination and documentation of wall paintings and this paper provides a new insight into the combination of Technical Photography and 3D laser scanning for archaeology.
